UEFA Conference League

FT Thursday, May 18, 2023
Fiorentina WDLLW 3
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FC Basel WWLWL 1
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2nd Leg - Fiorentina advance 4-3 on aggregate · St. Jakob-Park · 36,000 att.

Match Report

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Fiorentina reach Conference League final with dramatic extra-time win over Basel

Fiorentina's Antonin Barak struck deep into stoppage time at the end of extra time to take his side into the Europa Conference League final with a 3-1 win at Basel in the second leg of the semi-final on Thursday that secured a 4-3 aggregate victory.

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Team Stats

24
Fouls
16
6
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
14
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
8
66.9
Possession
33.1
27
SHOTS
10
11
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
605
Accurate Passes
252
679
Passes
347
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
18
Accurate Crosses
1
56
Crosses
13
0.3
Cross %
0.1
84
Long Balls
73
54
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
6
Blocked Shots
3
6
Effective Tackles
15
13
Tackles
21
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
14
Interceptions
9
14
Effective Clearances
29
14
Clearances
29

Head to Head

FCB leads series 2-0-1

Lineups

FCB · 5-3-2

  1. 1Marwin HitzG
  2. 15Kasim NuhuCD
  3. 21Andy PelmardCD-L
  4. 5Michael LangCD-R
  5. 33Riccardo CalafioriLB
  6. 27Dan NdoyeRB
  7. 34Taulant XhakaCM
  8. 23Wouter BurgerCM-L
  9. 8Andy DioufCM-R
  10. 9Zeki AmdouniCF-L
  11. 10Jean-Kévin AugustinCF-R

FIO · 4-3-3

  1. 1Pietro TerraccianoG
  2. 98Igor JulioCD-L
  3. 4Nikola MilenkovicCD-R
  4. 3Cristiano BiraghiLB
  5. 2DodôRB
  6. 34Sofyan AmrabatCM
  7. 10Gaetano CastrovilliLM
  8. 5Giacomo BonaventuraRM
  9. 9Arthur CabralF
  10. 77Josip BrekaloLF
  11. 22Nico GonzálezRF

Timeline

  1. 21' Igor Julio (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 35' Goal! Basel 0, Fiorentina 1. Nicolás González (Fiorentina) header from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cristiano Biraghi with a cross following a corner.
  3. 45' Substitution, Fiorentina. Jonathan Ikoné replaces Josip Brekalo.
  4. 55' Goal! Basel 1, Fiorentina 1. Zeki Amdouni (Basel) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andy Pelmard following a set piece situation.
  5. 56' Substitution, Fiorentina. Luca Ranieri replaces Igor Julio.
  6. 59' Luca Ranieri (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 72' Goal! Basel 1, Fiorentina 2. Nicolás González (Fiorentina) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  8. 81' Substitution, Basel. Andi Zeqiri replaces Jean-Kévin Augustin.
  9. 88' Substitution, Basel. Fabian Frei replaces Taulant Xhaka.
  10. 89' Nicolás González (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 90' Wouter Burger (Basel) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 90' First Half Extra Time begins Basel 1, Fiorentina 2.
  13. 90' Substitution, Fiorentina. Luka Jovic replaces Arthur Cabral.
  14. 95' Jonathan Ikoné (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 104' Giacomo Bonaventura (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 105'+1'
  17. 105'
  18. 105' Substitution, Basel. Darian Males replaces Wouter Burger.
  19. 105' Substitution, Fiorentina. Antonín Barák replaces Giacomo Bonaventura.
  20. 120'+2' Substitution, Fiorentina. Rolando Mandragora replaces Gaetano Castrovilli.
  21. 120'+9' Goal! Basel 1, Fiorentina 3. Antonín Barák (Fiorentina) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  22. 120'+10' Antonín Barák (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  23. 120'+12' Second Half Extra Time ends, Basel 1, Fiorentina 3.

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